Eurgh. It's taken years to find a decent shampoo... back to the drawing board!

From the people at Samy...

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Dear Rachel,

Thank you for contacting us.

At the moment, certain chemical ingredients must be tested on animals when there is no other approved method guaranteeing their harmlessness by international specialists. Since our products are used on the human body directly, Hoyu conducts minimal animal testing on certain products to ensure consumers safety. To guarantee consumers safety is our greatest priority.

From the viewpoint of animal protection, we at Hoyu strive to develop non-animal alternative methods and minimize the number of animal testing which will ultimately permit the elimination of animal testing. Hoyu applies strict internal control procedures to ensure that animal testing is only carried out when no alternatives are available.

Eurgh. It's taken years to find a decent shampoo... back to the drawing board!

From the people at Samy...

Quote:

Dear Rachel,

Thank you for contacting us.

At the moment, certain chemical ingredients must be tested on animals when there is no other approved method guaranteeing their harmlessness by international specialists. Since our products are used on the human body directly, Hoyu conducts minimal animal testing on certain products to ensure consumers safety. To guarantee consumers safety is our greatest priority.

From the viewpoint of animal protection, we at Hoyu strive to develop non-animal alternative methods and minimize the number of animal testing which will ultimately permit the elimination of animal testing. Hoyu applies strict internal control procedures to ensure that animal testing is only carried out when no alternatives are available.

Best Regards,Hoyu Customer Care

NOOOOOO! Dammit.

WHAT? Why the fork are they labelled as 100% vegan then? I don't know what I will do because Samy and previously Head & Shoulders have been the only shampoos that keep my eczema at bay!

Two of my friends have awful eczema and one has another condition that I can't remember the name of but her skin falls off lots, and they both swear by Soap and Glory - I guess it's a person by person thing! As baldtwitlion said, go for the travel ones, or email them to send you some samples - companies are pretty good at doing that. Faith in Nature sent me loads of their shampoos and conditioners to try so I can find the ones that suit.

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned in here (I can't be bothered to re-read 13 pages) but Superdrug has a few vegan sun creams, and they're all on sale right now. They for sure have one for the face and an SPF 30 spray that are vegan (because I bought them).

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I really like Superdrug's BB Cream. I've wanted to buy one ever since all the beauty blogs have been raving about them and there's is marked vegan. The light one looks like it's too dark for me but once it's on it looks nice. It doesn't give coverage really, it just makes your face kind of glowy. It's perfect for summer.

Just in case others haven't seen it anywhere. Lush worldwide are launching a big range of make up and nail polish which will all be vegan. It launches around 21st July. There's a big article about it I'm this month's Vegetarian Living. I'm pretty excited.